[ntp:questions] Linux 11-minute mode (RTC update)

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Tue Jul 22 06:45:06 UTC 2008


Serge Bets wrote:

> anywhere in the range from -7 to +3 milliseconds, at HZ=100.
> Hwclock 2.33 sets the RTC with typically a maximum error of
> 10 microseconds, and is able to read it with the same accuracy.

That would only be possible if the RTC's counter was updated on both 
phases of the 32kHz clock, which I rather doubt.




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